“Graffiti artist Banksy is demanding an investigation into a television documentary about a ‘battle of spray cans’ between him and underground graffiti hero King Robbo. Banksy says it implies that he was responsible for putting his rival in a coma.”
Author: ArtsJournal2
Whither Toy Story 3? The Netflix/Starz Split And The Future Of Streaming
Tim Carmody: “Now everyone has taken two quick slaps and a glass of cold water in the face. Growth from this point forward is going to be harder for everyone, as they each fight each other both for share and to maintain what they already have.”
Growing Up In Public: Architect Evolves With His 9/11 Memorial
The 9/11 memorial building required hard work from thousands of people, but the NYT says its background is “at least partly the story of Mr. Arad’s evolution from a hot-headed 34-year-old novice whose design bested some 5,200 others to the more sanguine and battle-tested — if still perfectionist — architect he is today.”
The Middle Class Is Dying. Thanks, Internet
Jason Lanier: “If you had talked to anyone involved in it twenty years ago, everyone would have said that the ability for people to inexpensively have access to a tremendous global computation and networking facility ought to create wealth. This ought to create wellbeing; this ought to create this incredible expansion in just people living decently, and in personal liberty.” But it’s not happening. Why?
Selling Off The British Empire Museum, With Or Without Approval
Who plucked 150 pieces from the British Empire Museum’s collection and offered them for sale? And did the trustees ever see checks for £115,000? A police report says the director thought it “could be politically embarrassing that the museum was selling the items.†Indeed.
Too Much About 9/11? No Way.
“It’s ‘too much,’ too numbing, to replay footage of the planes going into the World Trade Center towers, but it’s not too much to air two hours of Bachelor Pad and two hours of America’s Got Talent?”
The Internet Has Anything You Need, Anytime, But Will You Ever Find It?
“Knowledge is not a lean-back process; it’s a lean-forward activity. Just because public domain content is online and indexed doesn’t mean that those outside the small self-selected group of scholars already interested in it will ever discover it and engage in it.”
TV Is Dead; Long Live TV!
“Far from being killed by the internet, television viewing has never been more popular. Some in the industry claim TV is now set to be the dominant partner, creatively at least.”
Re-revising Copyright Law To Help Artists, If Congress Can Only Agree
“For too long the work of musicians has been used to create enormous profits for record labels, radio stations and others, without fairly distributing these profits to the artists,†said Representative John Conyers Jr. of Michigan.
What Can Ants Do For Human Organization? Encourage Leaders.
Studies of ants inform everything from traffic planning to baggage control at Sky Harbor Airport. But all of the previous studies might be wrong.